It’s Shark Week - an annual celebration on Discovery Channel which features, you guessed it, a whole week of shark-based programming. The first Shark Week premiered July 17, 1988, and it’s now in its 27th year pulling in the highest ratings in its history.

Numerous videos have been shared in recent months documenting shark sightings in the area but truth be told, our fearful obsession with sharks dates as far back as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. The novel (and later film) Jaws was loosely based on these events and we’ve been enamored ever since. We all have a story to tell about first time we saw Jaws on the big screen and can you even imagine how we would survive a Sharknado?

So without further ado, we bring you our list of things to do at the Jersey Shore in honor of Shark Week: